Friday, January 18, 2013

Can Believers Turn Away To Follow Satan?

1 Timothy 5  ISV
11But do not include younger widows on your list.g For whenever their natural desires cause them to lose their devotion to the Messiah,h they want to remarry. 12They receive condemnation because they have set aside their prior commitment to the Messiah.i 13At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people’s lives, saying things they should not say.

14Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry
  • have children, 
  • manage their homes, 
  • and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them. 
15For some widowsj have already turned away to follow Satan16If any womank is a believer and has relatives who are widows, she should help them. The church should not be burdened, so it can help those widows who have no other family members to care for them.l

After addressing the widows, Paul addresses the men who are Elders. Then making a general statement he says the following. 

24The sins of some people are obvious, leading them to judgment. The sinst of others follow them there. 25In the same way, good actions are obvious, and those that are not cannot remain hidden. 
I ask you why does Paul talk about turning away, sins, and good actions if all we have to do is say a sinners prayer and from then on grace covers everything?:

The rejection of verses like the one discussing widows who had turned away is part of the reason why teachers such as Charles Stanley are so confused and cannot be trusted. (see my blog Jan. 17, 2013)  I do not try to explain away what the Holy Spirit had written. I believe what he wrote is for his  children and can be trusted. 

It is clear Paul said some of the widows had turned away to follow Satan. Look again. Paul appears to clearly be saying the reason he wanted the younger widows to marry was because some were turning away to follow Satan. Warnings are priceless. They come from Love, the Lord Jesus Messiah. 




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